Initially US-ebased but moving more into global records. eBird's goal is to maximize the utility and accessibility of the vast numbers of bird observations made each year by recreational and professional bird watchers. Has an online accessible database and visualisation facilities for the participant and other interested parties.

Partnership working between the British Trust of Ornithology, Royal Society for the protection of Birds, Birdwatch Ireland, and the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club, it collects data on migration movements and distributions throughout Britain and Ireland. Has an online accessible database and visualisation facilities for the participant and other interested parties.

A US project participants observe plant phenophases. Scientists can use the data to learn more about the responsiveness of individual plant species to changes in climate locally, regionally, and nationally.

A completed pilot project which asked participants to upload geo-tagged images of bees and tag them with
“beeid2010” tag on the Flickr photography Website, researchers then extract these images, identify and tag with the species id.

Tagging and data mining from existing social network site with integral mobile upload facilities